Former swim coach Ken Stopkotte has pleaded guilty to 2 federal felony charges, one of Uttering Counterfeit Obligations or Securities and the other for Fictitious Obligations.

According to court documents, he has been remanded to the custody of the United States Marshals Service and his sentencing will be held on August 31st.

Stopkotte was arrested in April on suspicions that he was using counterfeit money at a Dayton Dragons minor league baseball game. He was detained by event security, and was eventually charged with spending 37 counterfeit bills.

Upon questioning, after at first denying knowledge of the counterfeit money, he later confessed to having purchased 200 counterfeit $20 bills on a “dark web” site called Dream Market. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Terms of the plea agreement have not yet been disclosed.

It was also discovered that he opened bank accounts in the name of another swim coach, from whom he was renting a house in Unionville, Indiana, without that coach’s knowledge.

About Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder of SwimSwam.com.
He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming.
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